My group decided to aid individuals with Parkinson's who face physical difficulties in using computer mice due to tremors, muscle stiffness, and fatigue. Parkinson's disease has many symptoms, including muscle stiffness and tremors. Persons with Parkinson’s (PWPs) often struggle as the aforementioned muscle stiffness and tremors impede workflow. Our solution was a computer mouse that replaces actions, such as the conventional buttons for right click, left click, dragging, and scrolling, with rotational actions (tilts). These actions replace precise, such as clicking a button, movements to larger generalized movements like rotating the whole mouse. While creating our mouse, my group iteratively designed the mouse, adding new features in each new prototype. We named every version after a different bird, with our final prototype, presented at the STEM fair being Version Greenfinch, as depicted below.
My group mates and I made a video to demonstrate our final prototype's features.